- PASSWORDS: If you don’t have a username/password to get on to the GHNS site or you filled out the form and haven’t received your information, please e-mail mtoeset@gatehousemedia.com or national@gatehousemedia.com. (Jean is on vacation.)

FARR SIDE: Season 7 of “Dancing With the Stars” has some nifty moves. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/x1012434127

CD REVIEWS: A look at new music from Tim O’Brien, Kathy Mattea, Nine Inch Nails and more. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/dvds_cds/x125180037

--OPINIONS--

GRANLUND CARTOON: On the Federal lifeboat for the wealthy. / Will be posted in 10 minutes / Cartoons

KENT BUSH: Despite what it seems, some parents still do teach their children about consequences. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/columnists/x1279456854

DEB GAUTHIER: My goodness, there's a lot of depressing news out there. So depressing that consumer confidence is down to a 35-year low. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/columnists/x325168391

MICHELLE TEHEUX: Let us eat cake -- if we can afford it. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/columnists/x79615339

GAMING CULTURE SERIES on video games, by the Daily Messenger (stories will need perhaps one quote each to localize):
- Part I: All the world’s a game board. With video. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/video_games/x1564567695
- Part II: The continuing evolution of gaming. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/video_games/x899760636

CATERPILLAR: Caterpillar Inc. soon will be the majority owner of its oldest foreign joint venture and may be its sole owner within five years, the company announced Wednesday. By Paul Gordon of the Peoria Journal Star.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/midwest/illinois/x1564568117